Senior Estimator/ QS
17 days ago
Preston
Senior Estimator/ QS – Preston - £55k - £65k + car allowance + excellent benefits Our client is well established commercial fit-out company based in Preston, due to continued growth and expansion they are now looking to recruit a Senior Estimator/ Quantity Surveyor to join their team. Responsibilities/Duties: • Prepare accurate cost estimates and tender submissions, • Analyse drawings, specifications, and tender documents, • Obtain and assess supplier and subcontractor quotations, • Taking enquiries from the sales team and deciding the best way to approach the opportunity, • Attending site with the salesperson to scope out the project and gain an understanding about what needs to be quoted for, • Liaising with suppliers and sub-contractors to obtain pricing. Sourcing and researching special items that are required, • Help build relationships with clients and follow up quotations once they have been issued, • Carry out changes to quotations and upsell where possible, • Once order has been won, carry out value engineering to improve project margin by negotiating with suppliers and sub-contractors and finding ways to take cost out of the project, • Handover of orders to project manager making sure they understands the financial aspects of the project, • Helping the project manager with valuations of work in progress, • Assisting the purchasing team and/or project manager with the placing of purchase orders for projects, • Strong organisational skills, disciplined approach, accuracy and attention to detail., • Creative and able to think outside the box about how to win a project., • Personable, and able to get on well with suppliers, sub-contractors and colleagues., • Ability to build rapport and form business relationships. Keywords – fit-out, QS, Quantity Surveyor, commercial fit-out, suppliers, sales and estimating, estimator, estimators, sub-contractors, estimates, bids, bids and tenders, tenders, pricing, quotations, Preston